Earth Science - Volcanoes - Types of Volcanoes

Geology by Barbara Murck
Earthquakes and Volcanoes by Lin Sutherland and Thomas Wright
Volcanoes: Journey to the Crater's Edge by Phillipe Bourseiller
Volcanoes by Elaine Landau

Vocabulary Added:
Volcano types:

• shield volcano
• plateau basalt
• cinder-cone volcano
• stratovolcano
• black smoker

pyroclastic flow: deadly mix of hot material and gas rushing down from a volcano
fissure: long fracture in the earth's crust
Plinian column: very tall pyroclastic eruptions
lateral blast: when a volcano erupts from its side
caldera: circular basin in the center-top of a volcano
crater: funnel-shaped depression in the center-top of a volcano
fumarole: vent for volcanic gas (such as water vapor or sulfur)

Discussion:
Why volcanoes form into different shapes
How each volcano erupts

Activity:
Draw a picture of each type of volcano
Explode a volcano!